[Magdalen] Voter ID

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Michael, your feeling is certainly understandable.

The people pushing voter ID are not concerned about the justice of showing
you are whom you say you are, and there is indeed not evidence to show that
there is significant voter fraud.
The reason the GOP pushes it is that they know that if the voter actually
voted in accord with their convictions, the GOP would be much less
influential. But for voter suppression tactics (think Florida, Gore vs.
Bush) and the massive gerrymandering they've done over the years, we would
almost certainly have a democratic majority of long standing.
In my area, my county of Dutchess, New York State, had a commission set up
to monitor voter district revision to assure fairness. The GOP-controlled
legislature abolished that commission. They are doing every trick they
know, and it's working very well for them.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 12:28 PM, Michael Bishop <rev at michaelbishop.name>
wrote:

> I have no problem with b eing required to produce proof of identity before
> voting. In fact I have always wondered why it is not already required.
> There are several different proofs of identity being spoken of - driving
> licence, passport or possibly a utility bill. Another one which i would
> have thought might be considered is being required to produce the Poll Card
> which we are sent before any election to tell us where and when we can vote
> and giving our voter registtration number.
>
> ....
> ....
> God bless
>
> Michael Bishop
> rev at michaelbishop.name
>
> Rector of Boylestone, Church Broughton, Dalbury, Longford, Long Lane,
> Sutton-on-the-Hill & Trusley
>
> Diocese of Derby, England
>
>
> On 27/12/2016 16:08, ROGER STOKES wrote:
>
>> I know that in the USA the move by some states to require in-person
>> voters to show ID before being allowed to cast their ballot has caused
>> controversyor it is to prevent voter fraud, which is negligible for
>> in-person voting. Any fraud that occurs is more general with absentee
>> voting. Now it appears that the UK government is to trial it as well in
>> certain areas.
>>
>> The full list of pilot areas has not been released but the ones I have
>> seen listed are ones which are significantly multi-ethnic. Given that it is
>> absentee voting where any significant problem lies I agree that this
>> proposal is a sledge-hammer to crack a (probably non-existent) nut.
>>
>> Roger
>>
>>
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